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6 International goal-scorers Cristiano Ronaldo is yet to catch

Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo moved on to 75 international goals for Portugal when he opened the scoring from the penalty spot in Saturday's 4-0 win over New Zealand at the Confederations Cup.

It means, heading into Wednesday's semi-final against Chile in Kazan, the Real Madrid superstar is only two goals behind the great Pele on the all-time list, as the seventh most prolific international player globally and second in European history.

But who are the players Ronaldo is yet to overhaul and how much of a dent can he make in the list if Portugal go the distance in Russia over the course of this week?

Here, Omnisport presents six of the very best goal-getters the world has known.

#6 GODFREY CHITALU – ZAMBIA (76 goals)

The next man in Ronaldo's sights and, on current form, probably not for much longer. Alongside his prolific goalscoring exploits, which came in Zambia colours between 1968 and 1980, Chitalu has another more unlikely trait in common with Ronaldo – being the scourge of Lionel Messi.

In 2012, when Messi hit 86 goals in a calendar year to beat Gerd Muller's record, the Zambian FA claimed Chitalu had in fact netted 107 times in 1972, the year Bayern Munich and Germany great Muller set his initial best mark. Chitalu went on to coach Zambia but was one of 30 people tragically killed in 1993 when the team's plane crashed en route to a World Cup qualifier in Senegal.

#5 HUSSEIN SAEED – IRAQ (78 goals)

A second long-serving Middle Eastern goal-getter, Hussein represented Iraq between 1976 and 1990, notching 78 strikes in 137 appearances. Like Kamamoto, stability at club level appears to have laid a solid foundation, as he remained at Al-Talaba throughout his playing days. With Iraq, Hussein won the Gulf Cup of Nations in 1979 and 1982 and an Asian Games gold medal in 1982.

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